Activity log for bug #247195

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-07-10 08:16:15 Matt Zimmerman bug added bug
2008-07-10 08:17:28 Matt Zimmerman description mizar:[~] ls -lh /var/log/Xorg.0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M 2008-07-10 09:14 /var/log/Xorg.0.log mizar:[~] tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) mizar:[~] grep -c acpid.socket /var/log/Xorg.0.log 351357 It seems to retry about once per second indefinitely. mizar:[~] ls -lh /var/log/Xorg.0.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23M 2008-07-10 09:14 /var/log/Xorg.0.log mizar:[~] tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (Connection refused) mizar:[~] grep -c acpid.socket /var/log/Xorg.0.log 351357 It seems to retry about once per second indefinitely. I'm not sure why acpid died, and restarting it fixes things, but it seems excessive to retry so often and generate a huge log file.
2008-08-04 21:12:49 Timo Aaltonen xorg-server: status New Confirmed
2008-08-04 21:12:49 Timo Aaltonen xorg-server: importance Undecided Low
2008-08-04 21:12:49 Timo Aaltonen xorg-server: statusexplanation from hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_acpi.c: /* in milliseconds */ #define ACPI_REOPEN_DELAY 1000 but apparently that's all unnecessary by now, since the xserver should be getting all relevant acpi events from the keyboard, so the acpi-code could be dropped altogether.
2008-09-01 17:32:11 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: status Confirmed Triaged
2008-09-01 17:32:11 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: statusexplanation from hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/lnx_acpi.c: /* in milliseconds */ #define ACPI_REOPEN_DELAY 1000 but apparently that's all unnecessary by now, since the xserver should be getting all relevant acpi events from the keyboard, so the acpi-code could be dropped altogether.
2008-09-01 17:32:11 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: milestone intrepid-alpha-5
2008-09-01 21:09:25 Bryce Harrington bug added attachment 'quell_acpi_errmsgs.patch' (quell_acpi_errmsgs.patch)
2008-09-01 21:12:00 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: importance Low Medium
2008-09-01 21:12:00 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: statusexplanation Upping priority because while it's just a warning message, the fact that it risks filling up the log file makes it more serious.
2008-09-01 22:45:06 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: assignee bryceharrington
2008-09-01 22:45:06 Bryce Harrington xorg-server: statusexplanation Upping priority because while it's just a warning message, the fact that it risks filling up the log file makes it more serious.
2008-09-03 08:00:18 Launchpad Janitor xorg-server: status Triaged Fix Released
2010-02-22 22:34:53 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/xorg-server